I'm having a problem distributing a VB executable I've built. Obviously, it works fine on my development machine, but when I package it using the Packaging and Distribution Wizard (accepting the suggested choices for included objects) and try to put in on another machine (relatively stock Windows XP installed), the application loads up with no labels on any of the forms, and the single button I use in the app doesn't work (it appears, but clicking it does nothing). The button is supposed to make another form visible to give more options to the user, but, again, nothing actually happens.
I was given no errors on the install or with program execution, it just doesn't work.
The controls that don't seem to work on my form are labels and a progress bar.
There are several controls that do work in my app, including dropdown menus (which are correctly populated within the code from a DB), the button appears, the tabbed dialog box works, and I have one of those group boxes on the dialog that shows up (along with its caption), but with no contents.
As far as I can tell, I'm not trying to use any exotic controls in my app, just the windows common stuff.
To make this even more mysterious, I was having this problem before when installing this same app onto my laptop (a different machine than the one I'm currently having problems with), but last time I tried, it installed and worked fine. No such luck on this machine, though.
I think there must be some sort of problem with a bunged registry or something, but I have no real idea how to start cleaning it up. Any ideas?
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